Category Archives: Pro Bono and Non-Profit

Justice Belobaba of the Ontario Superior Court issued judgment today in favour of the Applicant challengers of the Government of Ontario’s Bill 5, the Better Local Government Act. The BLGA acted to, inter alia, reduce the number of wards in the … Continue reading →

We are pleased to announce that Gavin Magrath has been appointed co-counsel for the Applicant Rocco Achampong in his Application against Doug Ford and the Government of Ontario seeking to delay the coming into force of Bill 5, the Better … Continue reading →

When the Canada Not for Profit Corporations Act (CNCA) came into force in 2011, it required all Federally incorporated non-profit corporations, including charities, to transition into the new regime by October 2014. This date has been pushed back several times, but a … Continue reading →

On behalf of Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, Gavin Magrath gave the following statement today to the 33rd sesion of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, during General Debate. You can watch the video here on UNTV: LRWC’s statement is … Continue reading →

On behalf of Lawyer’s Rights Watch Canada, Gavin Magrath presented the following statement today to the 33rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, during the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights … Continue reading →

The Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, and the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, announced today that the Government of Canada “will discontinue its appeal in the case of The … Continue reading →

The Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision today on 15 motions to intervene as an amicus curiae in the case of Trinity Western University and Brayden Volkenant v. The Law Society of Upper Canada. Gavin Magrath represented Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada … Continue reading →

Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a committee of Canadian lawyers advocating on behalf of lawyers and other human rights defenders whose rights, safety or independence are threatened as a result of their human rights work, wrote yesterday to President Xi … Continue reading →

LRWC is gravely concerned with the actions of the Government of Argentina leading up to and following the death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman on Sunday, 18 January 2015. Alberto Nisman died of a single gunshot wound to the head the day before he was scheduled to give evidence to the Argentinean Congress about a federal government cover-up. Continue reading →

19 January 2015 Dear Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior, and Attorney General of Malaysia; Re: Arrest of Eric Paulsen and Repeal of the Sedition Act and End to Arbitrary Detention I write on behalf of Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada … Continue reading →